68 AD: Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide.
JUNE 9
Daily Historical Chronicle
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9 June: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 9 June.
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Year 1659
Dara Shikoh was handed over to Aurangzeb's army by Jiwan Khan, a Baluchi whose life was saved by Dara.
Year 1665
Treaty of Purandar was signed between Mirza Raje Jaisingh and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
Year 1752
French army surrenders to the English in Trichinopoly, India.
Year 1866
Establishment of Allahabad High Court.
Year 1900
Birsa Mudra, the freedom fighter, died in Ranchi Jail under mysterious circumstances.
Year 1934
World famous cartoon Donald Duck made his theatrical debut with The Wise Little Hen.
Year 1957
General Election ( 2nd) of India ends.
Year 1959
USS George Washington, the first-ever submarine to have a nuclear ballistic missile, was launched in US Navy.
Year 1964
Lal Bahadur Shastri became the second Prime Minister of India when the country was shocked of Jawaharlal Nehru's death and Indo-China war. Shastri gave the quotation ""Jai Jawan Jai Kisan"" which motivated the war-affected Indians to boost their morale. He remained in this office till he died on January 11, 1966 at Taskent. In his cabinet, Indira Gandhi served as Minister of Information and Broadcast
Year 1967
Narayan Shripad Rajhans, alias Bal Gandharva, went into a coma in Bombay and never regained his consciousness.
Year 1980
M. G. Ramachandran's second AIADMK ministry takes office.
Year 1986
ICMR set up a network of Reference/Surveillance Centres for AIDS in almost all states of India.
Year 1986
First death due to AIDS was reported in a Mumbai based private hospital.
Year 1992
LDF wrests Narakal while the UDF retains the Tanur assembly seat in Kerala.
Year 1992
Rajesh Khanna (Congress-I) defeats Shatrughan Sinha to wrest the New Delhi Lok Sabha seat from the BJP.
Year 1997
Portfolio changes were effected by I K Gujral in Union Cabinet.
Year 1997
At least 50 persons were killed and 5,000 families affected in a landslide triggered by heavy rains in Gangktok.
Year 1998
Gujarat was hit by a cyclone killing 1,000 people in six days.
Year 1998
81 persons are killed as cyclone hits the Saurashtra and Kutch regions of Gujarat and Jalore district of Rajasthan. Subsequently, the toll is put at 934 in the Kutch-Saurashtra region alone.
Year 2001
India’s Leander Pes and Mahesh Bhupathi won the men’s doubles title at the French Tennis Championships.
Born 1672
Peter the Great, the Russian Emperor.
Born 1909
Baburao Arnalkar, the famous detective story writer, was born.
Born 1923
Idris Hassan Latif, Air Chief Marshal, was born in Hyderabad, Deccan.
Born 1923
K. Alagirisami, the famous journalist, playwright and story writer, was born.
Born 1931
Nandini Satpathy, an Indian politician and author.
Born 1948
Laloo Prasad Yadav, former Chief Minister of Bihar, was born.
Born 1949
Kiran Bedi, the first woman Indian Police Service Officer, was born in Amritsar, Punjab.
Born 1931
Nandini Satpathy, Indian author, and politician, 8th Chief Minister of Odisha (d. 2006)
Born 1975
Ameesha Patel, Indian actress, and producer
Born 1981
Anoushka Shankar, English-Indian sitar player, and composer
Born 1985
Sonam Kapoor, Indian model, and actress
Died 1716
Banda Singh Bahadur, Indian commander (b. 1670)
Died 1834
Dr. William Carey, great writer, and a social worker died.
Died 1870
Charles Dickens, an English writer, and social critic.
Died 1900
Birsa Munda, the freedom fighter, and leader died in Ranchi Jail.
Died 1991
Raj Khosla, famous film producer, and director, passed away.
Died 1994
Yogi Dhirendra Bhramachari, [controversial Flying Swami], Hindu saint, died in an air crash near Jammu. He was 70.
Died 2011
M. F. Husain, Indian painter, and director (b. 1915)